Three reasons to watch Sanctuary – Guest Clack

Santuary‘s on Syfy tonight, and frequent reader of CliqueClack, Ruby T., is Guest Clacking today with a few reasons why you should be tuning in to the show. Ruby is a writer from Chicago and a science-fiction/fantasy aficionado (all right, a geek).

1) It’s derivative, but in a fun way. I always enjoy spotting a nice sci-fi homage (or rip-off, if you prefer). Sanctuary as a whole is a kind of mash-up of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and X-Men, with the ageless Helen Magnus as a Mina Harker/Prof. X character. But it gets better. I don’t even have to know the actual names of the episodes anymore. It’s just “that Tribbles episode” or “the Fight Club episode” or “the Cloverfield episode.” Tell me, what self-respecting geek would not be intrigued by this? (Okay, if you want to look up those episodes, their real titles are “Nubbins,” “Warriors,” and “Instinct.”) On a side note, you can also play “Spot-the-Syfy-Star” with Sanctuary’s guest roster featuring names like Rekha Sharma of Battlestar Galactica and Michael Shanks of Stargate.

2) The cast is getting hotter. Over the course of the first season, nerdy Will lost his glasses and got a girlfriend who can turn invisible (when she takes all her clothes off; they don’t turn invisible with her). Ashley Magnus appears to be moving away from the stupid blunt bangs (the ones that made her look so infantile that I would laugh at the screen whenever she took down the bad guys, “Haha! Helen Magnus’s toddler just wupped your ass!”).

And to complete the addition by subtraction: I expect, based on the season two premiere, that “Bigfoot” the Neanderthal may die. His demise would add an instant ten points to the Sanctuary cast’s hotness factor.

The other hot addition, besides Will’s invisible girlfriend, is Nikola Tesla (played by Jonathan Young); let’s face it, anyone who can turn into a vampire at will is hot. Even good old Henry is looking good now that we know he’s a werewolf like Jacob Black.

3) Season two is off to a good start. I won’t spoil it for you (I mean, besides the “Bigfoot is dying” part). The premiere is available on Syfy.com, and it looks like Helen Magnus, Jack the Ripper, and company are in for a little surprise from Miss Ashley. New episodes air each Friday on Syfy and are available online the following day.

Are you revisiting Sanctuary this season? Sound off in the comments.

Clacked by Guest Clacker
on Oct 16, 2009 @ 13:00 EST5EDT